Accident kills man on ATV

SUMMIT COUNTY - Summit County Search and Rescue Group found a Broomfield man dead Saturday afternoon after reporting to an ATV accident at Wise Mountain, an area popular for off-road recreation between to town of Montezuma and Tiger Road near Breckenridge.

County Coroner Joanne Richardson reported receiving the body at about 6 p.m. - nearly 4 hours after 911 was called and rescue groups dispatched.

Richardson report that the decedent was Clenten P. Kayl, Jr., a 56-year-old male from Broomfield, and that he was wearing a helmet at the time of the accident.

Richardson surmised the man was riding on an incline when the Polaris Sportsman ATV he was driving flipped over backwards, causing the closed head injury that claimed his life. No toxicology report will be ordered, according to the coroner.